Comments on: And the leaker is…. http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mdeck http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-71497 mdeck Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:07:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-71497 Much is being made about the contact between Rove/Libby and Armitage. Do they not all share high level clearance to discuss matters of intel? People act as though Cheney inquiring into who sent Wilson was a crime. Could it be that the real political sabotuer was wilson/plame. Were they all about disgracing the White House? Oh I forgot, we shouldnt disparage anyone who has appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair. Much is being made about the contact between Rove/Libby and Armitage. Do they not all share high level clearance to discuss matters of intel? People act as though Cheney inquiring into who sent Wilson was a crime. Could it be that the real political sabotuer was wilson/plame. Were they all about disgracing the White House? Oh I forgot, we shouldnt disparage anyone who has appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair.

]]> By: sleipner http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-66537 sleipner Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:44:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-66537 Whether or not Armitage leaked this deliberately, from what I've read, Rove or Cheney were the ones who discussed the information with him about her CIA status when investigating her husband, and then confirmed it to Novak after he let it slip. Given that this administration has a LONG history of attacking anyone who disagrees with them through various and sundry underhanded means, even if this wasn't originally a deliberate ploy to cast doubt on Mr. Plame, they certainly used it to their advantage once it occurred. Whether or not Armitage leaked this deliberately, from what I’ve read, Rove or Cheney were the ones who discussed the information with him about her CIA status when investigating her husband, and then confirmed it to Novak after he let it slip.

Given that this administration has a LONG history of attacking anyone who disagrees with them through various and sundry underhanded means, even if this wasn’t originally a deliberate ploy to cast doubt on Mr. Plame, they certainly used it to their advantage once it occurred.

]]> By: David http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-66528 David Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:58:12 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-66528 The law only covers certain CIA personnel, not all of them. Ms. Plame is a questionable case vis-a-vis her covert status, and it is not clear that the law was technically violated. Mr. Armitage clearly did a bad thing, but it may not have been against the law. See also Sandy Berger leaving a secure facility with classified documents stuffed in his trousers... The law only covers certain CIA personnel, not all of them. Ms. Plame is a questionable case vis-a-vis her covert status, and it is not clear that the law was technically violated. Mr. Armitage clearly did a bad thing, but it may not have been against the law.

See also Sandy Berger leaving a secure facility with classified documents stuffed in his trousers…

]]> By: wj http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-66515 wj Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:34:37 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-66515 OK, Armitrage was engaged in gossip, not trying to trash someone that the administration was irritated with. Let's accept that. It still remains the case that he broke the law which makes it a crime to reveal the identity of a covert member of the CIA. The law doesn't require that the revelation be motivated by politics, just that the action happen. That does explain, most likely, why Armitage did not come forward originally -- he would have been confessing to a crime. But it does not explain why (always assuming that the story is true and can be proven in court, of course) charges are not being filed against him now. OK, Armitrage was engaged in gossip, not trying to trash someone that the administration was irritated with. Let’s accept that. It still remains the case that he broke the law which makes it a crime to reveal the identity of a covert member of the CIA. The law doesn’t require that the revelation be motivated by politics, just that the action happen.

That does explain, most likely, why Armitage did not come forward originally — he would have been confessing to a crime. But it does not explain why (always assuming that the story is true and can be proven in court, of course) charges are not being filed against him now.

]]> By: Brian in MA http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-66506 Brian in MA Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:02:30 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-66506 I demand Armitage be frogmarched out of Washington for commiting TREASON by outing a CIA official. Oh, sorry, was just channeling Kos and DU there when they thought it was Rove. I demand Armitage be frogmarched out of Washington for commiting TREASON by outing a CIA official.

Oh, sorry, was just channeling Kos and DU there when they thought it was Rove.

]]> By: Thespis Journal http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/comment-page-1/#comment-66377 Thespis Journal Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:31:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/30/and-the-leaker-is/#comment-66377 <strong>Well, Well, Well, It's Armitage-Not Cheney...</strong> Although it has been known and reported for some time, The Wall Street Journal today made the news very mainstream: the entire Valerie Plame identity scandal was nothing more than a media obsession with a crime that NEVER existed. Since the embar... Well, Well, Well, It’s Armitage-Not Cheney…

Although it has been known and reported for some time, The Wall Street Journal today made the news very mainstream: the entire Valerie Plame identity scandal was nothing more than a media obsession with a crime that NEVER existed.

Since the embar…

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